Mysterious Revival

Chapter 391: Chapter 390: Unusual Instinct

In the afternoon, Zang Hua led the team over.

These people were out of luck, extorting the person in charge of Dachang City, causing disturbances and impeding Yang Jian’s work from progressing normally. With all these charges, they probably couldn’t expect to be released for the rest of their lives.

Of course, there were also a few bosses who, with tears in their eyes, chose to settle the matter privately and were lucky enough to avoid a sentence.

But the bald boss named Liu Chi wasn’t so fortunate. Unconscious, he was taken to the hospital, knowing nothing until he woke up holding on to the officer beside him, enduring severe pain and shouting, “Compensation, compensation, make that guy pay.”

The people nearby listened with deep emotions.

How much did he love money? To think one could disregard their own life for it.

After temporarily settling the company’s affairs, Yang Jian naturally became a hands-off manager. With Wang Bin in charge and Zhang Xiangu helping out, there probably wouldn’t be any issues.

On the way home.

Sitting in the passenger seat, Jiang Yan still didn’t understand, saying, “If you run a company, run a company. Why did you give your stuff to others so quickly? They are picking up a bargain for nothing. It’s too unreasonable.”

“If you don’t give others some benefits, how will they help you out?”

Yang Jian looked at her calmly and said, “Besides, I don’t even know how many positions there are in a company. Do you expect me to handle all those matters?”

“If that’s the case, then it’s better not to start one.” Jiang Yan said. “It’s thankless work.”

Yang Jian smiled lightly: “Without a company, how could I win over a group of wealthy businessmen? If you don’t win over those rich and powerful individuals, who will you turn to for help in the future? Just like with the plan to build safe houses, without Zhang Xiangu’s help with construction, you wouldn’t even be able to hire a single construction team, and you wouldn’t be able to spend your money. In the past, Wang Xiaoqiang even drew in the top tycoons of Dachang City as shareholders when he founded the club.”

“What I need to do is pretty much the same as what Wang Xiaoqiang did when he started that club. Although that guy is dead, it’s undeniable that his plan was not wrong. At that time, Wang Xiaoqiang had money, people, and power. The only thing he did wrong was failing to get close to the headquarters.”

He did not continue speaking at that point.

Yang Jian knew that if Wang Xiaoqiang had joined the headquarters back then, any action he took against him would surely have been stopped, as the headquarters would never have allowed such behavior.

Therefore, with this warning from the past, he naturally wanted to do better.

He needed to have his own power, as well as the identity of the person in charge of Dachang City.

Of course, trying to have it both ways had its downsides, too; he always had to give the headquarters some face and exert effort on certain occasions.

“You will take care of the company’s finances from now on. As long as there are no issues there, it’ll be fine. Collect the money from those bosses who settled privately and put it back into the company later—it will be the first batch of operating capital.”

Yang Jian glanced at Jiang Yan: “Don’t think about shopping and buying clothes all day. If you slack off, I’ll immediately replace you with another accountant.”

Although he knew that Jiang Yan was a rather obedient woman, greedy for money and afraid of death, without other thoughts, unlike some who were deceitful and fickle, Yang Jian was worried that her laziness could affect his affairs. So, he needed to give her a warning since her job was very important.

“Rest assured, I’ll start working diligently from tomorrow on, I won’t slack off at all.”

Jiang Yan said, hugging Yang Jian’s arm like a little woman.

“Zhang Liqin will help you with it.”

Yang Jian added casually: “If you have any problems, ask Wang Bin more often; he’s a professional manager and a senior in business, he definitely knows more than you guys.”

He needed to quickly arrange these matters so he could then concentrate on dealing with his own situation.

Recently, Yang Jian had a feeling… his body was gradually deteriorating.

It wasn’t the resurrection of a malevolent ghost; rather, his last resurrection had not been thorough, causing his body to remain in a half-human, half-ghost state. Recently, his body began to show signs of issues. He didn’t know if it was because he had used the ghost’s power too much or if some balance was gradually failing.

The reason for this feeling was because yesterday, when he slept with Zhang Liqin, he experienced the urge to possess her mature and soft body. Initially, Yang Jian thought it was just his own desire, but he keenly felt that was not the case.

This impulse even gave him the idea of switching to a new body.

“Is the innate instinct of the Headless Ghost Shadow influencing my thoughts?”

Yang Jian’s gaze grew somber as he remembered the Headless Ghost Shadow incident at Furen Mall.

The Headless Ghost Shadow was initially continuously piecing together bodies, trying to find a perfect body composed of vengeful ghosts.

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Now he perfectly controlled the Headless Ghost Shadow, and although it had always been under control, if his body began to decay or developed some sort of disease, the instinct of the Headless Ghost Shadow to switch bodies might become increasingly strong. Eventually, this instinct could even influence his own actions.

And at that time… perhaps the Headless Ghost Shadow would awaken once again from its dormant state.

“This feeling must have arisen in the last two days or so, which means the situation has just begun to emerge.”

Yang Jian pondered, “There’s still plenty of time for me, but once the first signs appear, I can’t ignore them; otherwise, by the time the problem manifests itself, it will be too late.”

At the same time, he also thought of several possibilities to solve this problem.

Use the power of the Headless Ghost Shadow to switch bodies.

Ask the human skin paper for a solution.

Trade with the Ghost Cabinet for a perfect ghost body.

However, all three methods came with a price.

The human skin paper could not be fully trusted; the truth it contained hid traps that brought inexplicable fear, and one misstep could lead to death by this very paper.

The cost of trading with the Ghost Cabinet was too great, a perfect ghost body might demand an unimaginable price from Yang Jian.

As for using the Headless Ghost Shadow to switch bodies… this was the simplest but also the cruelest method because he would certainly have to take over the body of a living person, and it was a temporary fix at best. The new body would decay and rot just the same.

He sighed with helpless resignation.

If possible, Yang Jian truly didn’t want to continue down the path of a ghost controller; after all, it was far too dangerous. In just half a year, he had seen countless controllers die, including some of the top players. But what of it? Those destined to fall would fall.

If it weren’t for him, Tong Qian, Feng Quan, and the others would have died on this trip to Z City.

With such a high mortality rate, Yang Jian really didn’t know how far he could make it.

He had thought that after his resurrection, he could go a long while without worrying about the revival of fierce ghosts, but faced with supernatural powers, there were too many unpredictable changes.

“First, resolve the matters at hand, then deal with this problem. I’ve struggled to get this far; how can I admit defeat now?” Yang Jian slightly narrowed his eyes, recalling the series of supernatural incidents that had occurred since that day at No. 7 Middle School.

He himself didn’t know how many moments of horror and despair he had endured; surviving was truly a miracle.

“What are you thinking about?”

Jiang Yan, who was beside him, blinked curiously and asked.

Yang Jian collected his thoughts, turned the steering wheel, and drove into the neighborhood. “Nothing much, just some work-related stuff,” he said.

He wouldn’t tell Jiang Yan about these matters because it was useless to do so; letting her live a normal work life was rather nice.

When the car stopped in front of the entrance, he saw Wang Shanshan and her mother, Wang Haiyan, who had come back early from the company, already waiting at the doorway.

“Hello, Auntie Wang,” Yang Jian greeted.

Wang Haiyan gave an awkward smile, somewhat embarrassed, “I heard from my husband that you left the company, so I brought Shanshan over early to let you check on her.”

She used to look down on Yang Jian, the poor boy, and even forbade her daughter Wang Shanshan from interacting with him. Who would have thought that such a sudden reversal of status would make each meeting with Yang Jian awkward and embarrassing, especially now that Wang Bin was working under his command, making things even more unnatural.

Wang Shanshan, on the other hand, seemed quite composed. She looked at Yang Jian, her indifferent eyes carrying complex emotions, like awe and a desire for help.

Her situation was the most special and complicated.

Being a normal person, she had suffered multiple supernatural curses. Although she had survived, her body had undergone mysterious changes.

“Don’t worry about Wang Shanshan’s problem. I shall resolve it today. But there’s no need to rush; have you eaten yet, Auntie Wang? How about we talk over a meal? I’m quite hungry myself,” Yang Jian said with a smile.

“That would be imposing too much,” Wang Haiyan responded.

“Not at all, we’re friends, there’s no need for such formalities,” Yang Jian replied.

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